Old English Dictionary Entry

Tír-wine

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 tír-wine

m. A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief:--Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21. tir-wine

Similar Words

-tácnigendlic, -líce
-tang
-targed
-teáren
-teáw

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᚱ-ᚹᛁᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)

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